Cornish coast for Pam. Heather and gorse catching the sun. H. A. N. W. E. everyone!

Superbe nébulosité avec un superbe effet ++++++
HFF.

Malik,
Ruth,
Thank you both!

Superb capture!

Admired in:
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance

Many thanks, William!

bellisimo

Thank you, Mario!

HANWE Andy

Beautiful picture.

Superbe !

Jolie compo

Si joli avec cette intense lumière ! +++
Bon WE Andy.

Gotcha'.. on the photo' and the rib tickling story and the video'... thanks Andy...
Have a good weekend yourself too.... Cheers from Dave J'

Occasionally, I buy The Times here but not too often as it is horribly expensive at 4.50 €, is about half the content of the UK edition, is made of toilet paprer (both to keep the weight down for the flight) and uses old fashioned ink-fixing processes (i.e. none), so it gets all over your hands and clothes! Nonetheless, I like to do the crossword in momentswhen I can grab 20 minutes for a coffee here and there on my travels all over Madrid to take classes (and on the train). And I take copies of interesting articles for use in classes.
So, I was reading the paper on the train last week when I just happened to see Tony Joe White's obituary and I recalled that he was big in France some time ago, I liked his stuff that I used to hear there but that I had never heard about him in the UK. So I was pleased to see that at least he had made an impact with someone (at The Times, anyway)!

Super, Andy ! Good Morning ! Wish you a good Saturday !

Nice and colourful composition Andy.

belle perspective andy !!

A very beautiful sight, Andy! Have a nice weekend, too.

A fantastic image Andy.............love the light on those wild flowers and the moody sky.

Oh, and an awesome musical link and a great story!

Pleased you like the shot and the link, Keith!

GORGEOUS landsacape !! H.A.N.W.E., Andy ******************

So pretty!! Have a good weekend Andy.

The view over the colourful blossoms to the blue sea and the clouds ist gorgeous.

Really a GREAT shot!*****

A wonderful vista

Gorgeous colors and beautiful light.

I thought just like Tina Turner. Less than a year ago I watched a YouTube video of him singing "Polk Salad Annie" (which he very carefully correctly pronounced "Poke Salad Annie"), and I said the same thing "I thought he was black." Beautiful view along the coast, Andy.

We all think like Tina Turner. Who doesn't? It would be rude not to!!!!
(Well, I do anyway)
What other pronunciation of 'polk' is there, Ronald?
(I would love to know!)
Pleased you like the coastal scene!

Lots of Americans (yours truly included) put the "l" in words like "polk," "folk," "calm," etc.!

... and I spend hours trying to get my Spanish students of English to take it out!!! Why do I bother!!! :o)

Tell 'em it's OK if they're trying to talk American! Of course, that means they need to include the other phonetic markers--postvocalic "r" pronounced, flat "a" in "bath", etc.
I suspect it's another older feature that lingers on in General American. To a good first approximation, General American is 18th century British. There have recently been some performances of Shakespeare in Early Modern English (EME), as reconstructed by linguists, and Britons can find them disconcerting because to them the Bard sounds American (or Irish)! It's not, of course, but it _is_ true that modern American is closer to EME than modern British.

All this is very familiar to me - it has been an interest since my teens. I will tell you a story soon; not now - I'm too busy, but please remind me to tell you the story of my mate and Paul Hogan!

Yeah, it's been an enthusiasm of mine since my teens, too. I'm looking forward to your story!

OK, here goes.
I have a mate who has an excellent Cockney accent (the working class accent of - originally - the East End of London, as I'm sure you know, Steve).
In about 1983 or 4, he went on holiday to the USA and came back with the comment that although he had had a fabulous time, "they all thought I was Australian; 'What part of Australia are you from?' they would ask me, everywhere I went!"
I realised straight away what the situation was. Just before his visit, The film Crocodile Dundee had made it big in Hollywood. The star, Paul Hogan, has a particularly strong (though perfectly clear) Ausie accent. I would guess this was the first exposure to an Ausie accent for most Americans. They would also not have had much exposure to a Cockney accent. To them, a British English accent was that which was represented by posh private-school educated film actors, or the Liverpool accent of The Beatles (just gusessing on this last point!).
The interesting point is that the Cockney accent of my mate and the Australian accent of Paul Hogan were indestinguishable to them! Whereas to me and all British English speakers they are poles apart!!
The reason is this;
We experienced the Industrial Revolution before anyone else and in the late 18th century there was massive displacement of peoples and much resultant social unrest. Prison populations went through the roof and transportation as a punishment became an easy solution to this problem. When America gained independance, we had nowhere to send our felons. Then Australia was 'discovered', and a collective sigh of relief went up and convict ships duly went forth. A high proportion of the convicts were from the working class people of London with their cockney accent.
200 or so years later and the accents of Cockney London and Australia have each diverged greatly from the accents of those times, so that to me and fellow Brits,they are totally different. Australians too would not understand the confusion!
Hence my mate's astonishment!
To Americans he sounded just like Paul Hogan!!!

Great story, Andy! Yes, it's true that to Americans the accents sound similar. And I'm told that Brits found Dick van Dyke's "Cockney" accent in Disney's _Mary Poppins_ most unconvincing! Van Dyke, of course, was a well-known American actor at the time (ca. early 60s). We also get exposed to British speech patterns from Masterpiece Theater. I've heard that in _Victoria_ and _Downton Abbey_ and presumably others they're careful to distinguish the characters' working class from upper class accents, but that goes right by most Americans! ;)
A couple stories in return: in college one of the grad students was from South Africa, and when I commented his accent sounded British he answered, "To American ears, yes!" And, back in the early 90s, I'd sold some software to a group at the ANU in Canberra. They were having all kinds of problems, and I couldn't get the fax to work, so I finally decided to place an overseas phone call. (Frighteningly easy even back then--no operator required, just punch lots of digits!) Anyway, a receptionist with what to my ears was a very British accent answered, and I tried to speak very slowly and carefully the name of the party I was trying to reach. There was a pause; and then she said, "Oh certainly, sir!" and connected me. Apparently she hadn't been expecting an American accent, and had to back up and reparse what I'd said!

Love that sky and the format works a treat. A superb photo. And, a classic track by Tony Joe White. A very sad loss to music.

Rest in Peace, Tony.

Thank you, Andy, for posting to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music

Underrated by many and unknown to most, but not by those who know these things.

A stunning vista well captured, Andy. :-)

Thank you Valerie! Please to see you back here!

Wunderschön, die Blüten, die Wolken und das Meer!

Is dat Klaver met Viooltjes.......Mooi deze oude

It's heather and gorse. Thank you Fred. Have a good week!

A fabulous scene! The flowers glow.

A lovely scene and great colour, Andy. I hadn't heard the news, a great tribute link indeed.

I worked with a few South Africans, Steve and their accent seemed light years away from any English accent!!
Having said that, nearly all North American, South African and Antipodean accents are far easier to understand than many regional accents from the UK! The one I struggle with the most is the Scottish accent from The Gorbals, Glasgow.

Un superbe panorama.

Dark clouds and colourful land make a sandwich of sea and distant light sky!